"So the problems of the world (at least as much of the world as you guys see it) is all down to the last four years and the personal responsibility of one man and his administration. That of course, as a contention is patently ridiculous."
That's your patently ridiculous contention, Teribus, not mine. I contend that the US & much of the world is worse off than it was before Bush took office,and much of that is due to Bush and his merry men.
Setting up a straw man is not a tool of reason or logic; it's a tool of propaganda.